Himani Narwal homicide: Accused Sachin caught on cam carrying bag stuffed with body | India News

NEW DELHI: Authorities on Monday launched CCTV footage exhibiting the accused Sachin carrying a black suitcase containing the body of Haryana Congress employee Himani Narwal, after allegedly strangling her with a wired cell charger.

The authenticity of the footage, dated February 28, was confirmed by the police.
Earlier on Monday Sachin confessed to the crime. The police mentioned Sachin (32), strangled 22-year-old Himani with a telephone charging cable on February 27 at her residence within the Vijay Nagar space of Rohtak. After killing her, he packed her body in a suitcase and dumped it on the freeway close to the Sampla bus stand.
Sachin additionally took valuables, together with a laptop computer, jewellery, and different objects, from Himani’s dwelling and hid them at his cell phone store in Jhajjar.
Police advised that the motive behind the homicide is perhaps associated to a dispute between Sachin and Himani, probably involving monetary issues, though that is but to be confirmed.
Sachin and Himani had identified one another for a few yr and a half and have been linked by means of social media. During their investigation, authorities discovered chunk marks and scratches on the palms of the accused.
Additional DGP Ok Ok Rao mentioned the accused, Sachin, hails from Jhajjar district, the place he runs a cell phone store, and was arrested in Delhi.
“When the body was found, we set up eight teams, including an SIT. Our priority was to identify the victim when her body was found. When the family identified her, the police conducted swift investigations to trace out the accused,” Rao mentioned.
“For the past one-and-half years, the accused was in contact with the woman through social media and also used to visit her home. The woman used to live alone in Vijay Nagar. On February 27, the accused visited her home, and they had a heated argument,” he added.
Sachin was produced earlier than a court docket in Rohtak on Monday and was despatched to a three-day police remand.
“There was a monetary issue between the two, but what it was, all this has to be verified first. We cannot say this was the reason (for the murder). The accused has said there was a fight between the two, and during an exchange of words, he strangled her,” the ADGP additional mentioned.